Develops in the 2020 u. S. President ial elections have already tabulated whats been known all along that the United States it is one of the most politically polarized countries on the planet with little agrement on its history that path forward and above all what it means to be an american today how is this schism going to influence the next 4 years for america regardless of who becomes its next president well to discuss that im now joined by david grady professor of Political Science letisha values that staffer at the university and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution professor radians great to talk to you thank you very much for taking time to talk to us your. Now i know youve been predicting and perhaps personally a wishing for a joe biden when perhaps its a bit too early still to im courting the champagne but have you at least put the bottle into the fridge. You know i think it looks pretty good for surviving. Is the as many hats to 270 electoral votes and the president really
In pennsylvania are Senate Absentee which are generally done about 7520. 00 and better and by georgias not down to 16000. 00 votes with many votes in Fulton County and the atlanta area to be counted. So it looks pretty good for the democrats and their republican cement bit upset the Trump Campaign is calling for some recounts and i know Many Democrats whined quite offended by. These calls goodson they insist that count that black things and hope that all the disagreements they within billygoat feel isnt that a safer way to proceed the rather than i mean the e. U. No there are some worrisome predictions going into this elections with you know the stores boarding up their windows and you know weapon sales going through their oh so isnt it that its you go the recount way rather than anything else yeah the well theres so yes well actually it was amazingly you know predictions of violence and we did not happen. Theres 2 kinds of recounts that your listeners should know 1st kind of 1st recou
The u. N. Appealed for hundreds of millions of dollars to help those affected by widespread violence across africa 6 a whole region. In one races in azerbaijan singapore and japan become the latest school to dance to be canceled because of coronavirus. So then protest is a face off with police in hong kong as a Controversial National anthem law comes into effect the legislation makes it a criminal offense to mock chinas anthem activists say it violates their freedom of expression it is one year since Police Crackdown on demonstrators who were surrounding the government headquarters leading to months of violent demonstrations for more lets cross live to devika pollin whos in hong kong i can see it all pretty peaceful behind you but lots of protesters seem to be around whats happening. Thats right nic as you say that seems to be more police than protesters at the moment but earlier there are about a 1000 protesters here all chanting slogans that gathered here despite the fact that this i
Southeast australia thats already claimed at least 15 lives. Violence and arrests of protesters in hong kong kick off the new year with another massive march demanding greater freedom. For the sport the rockets star man is back from injury and back in business james harden shoots 35 points to help you stand down the nuggets in the n. B. A. Welcome to the Program Supporters and members of an iran backed group of withdrawn from the u. S. Embassy compound in the iraqi capital baghdad after a 2 day siege of americas biggest Diplomatic Mission leaders of the Popular Mobilization forces ordered them to leave but theres a condition they want to iraqs. Element of osama timeline for the withdrawal of foreign troops the protesters are angry about sundays airstrikes by the u. S. On the hezbollah brigades camps that killed at least 27 people earlier on when the crowds threw rocks and lit fires outside the compound irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has also condemned the u. S. Strikes and
And its for those of you not amiliar, politico is washington d. C. Based news outlet. Im sure all of you are reading it. Im really delighted to be here today in texas, one of my the union. Ates in im not just pandering. Were going to talk about the state of agriculture in 2020 and beyond. And before we start, i want to theurage you to join conversation on social media, is trib fest 19. I also want to give a big thanks the Texas Tribune festival for hosting this great event and sponsoring. I also understand the Texas Farm Bureau is supporting this and to hear from them. We have a really good panel. Know if you guys realize that. I dont know if the audience realizes that. Two texans and an iowan, which is great. Ideologicalss the spectrum. Frankly, theres a lot going on agriculture, so we have plenty to talk about. Were going to take a few questions at the end, so keep in mind, anything you want to ask the panel and we will leave time for lots of discussion and dialogue. So to begin, we